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ISD Programmes

Joint Future Programme

The aim of the Joint Future Programme is to provide statistical information on the needs and dependency of older people and people with learning difficulties

Objectives 2008/09

Provide support to ensure that community care outcomes are measured in a practical, quality assured and robust way
Develop and promote tools to assess the relative needs of older people living in their own homes, care homes and NHS continuing care
Support efforts to shift the balance of care from acute hospitals to community provision and to reduce delayed discharges

Programme Summary

The Joint Future Programme promotes awareness of the importance of information used by non-health service partner organisations including Local Authorities, the Care Commission and Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA).

The programme is supported by the Care Assessment Information Team and is based in ISD Scotland

The team:

Use an interviewer-based process to collect information on Scottish Health Resource Utilisation Groups (SHRUGs) and Scottish Care Resource Utilisation Groups (SCRUGs)
Provide training to Older People?s teams in the community on the application of the Indicator of Relative Need (IoRN)
Provide statistical analysis on delayed discharges and care home staffing project